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Dexter 1874 Mystery Cache

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Hidden : 8/24/2013
Difficulty:
2.5 out of 5
Terrain:
2 out of 5

Size: Size:   small (small)

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Geocache Description:

This is a puzzle.  You must visit different sites in the cemetery and answer questions to get the final coordinates.  BYOP.  The first question is at the initial listed coordinates.  The final cache site is at N 33 49.(A) W 96 (B).(C)


DEXTER, TEXAS. Dexter is near the Red River twenty-five miles northeast of Gainesville in extreme northeastern Cooke County. It began as a town around 1870.  By 1873 Dexter had its own post office, and by the early 1880s its population of 300 was served by at least thirty-seven businesses, including four blacksmith shops, three hotels, a district school, two steam gristmills and cotton gins, and four physicians.  From the late 1960s to 1987 seventy people lived in the general area. In 1988 the only institution remaining in Dexter was the Dexter Community Church. In 2000 the population was eighteen.

Question A--What family plot is enclosed with an iron fence?

  • Stailey--355
  • Newsome--362
  • Liedtke--371

Proceed to N 33 49.374 W 96 57.833

Question B--What family name is on the "log" monument?

  • Sims--53
  • Maxey--57
  • Maxwell--60

Proceed to N 33 49.358 W 96 57.833

Question C--What organization is listed on the memorial for Virgil Reynolds?

  • Woodmen of the World--869
  • Masonic Lodge of Texas--872
  • Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks--856

Proceed to the final cache site.  Good luck!!!

Additional Hints (Decrypt)

Ovt gerr

Decryption Key

A|B|C|D|E|F|G|H|I|J|K|L|M
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N|O|P|Q|R|S|T|U|V|W|X|Y|Z

(letter above equals below, and vice versa)